Sriperumbudur Loksabha Constituency (Tamil Nadu)

State: Tamil NaduSriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency is in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. Sriperumbudur is just 40 kilometers away from Chennai and is very placed close to the planned new airport terminal of the Chennai airport.

This constituency has a dubious distinction in being the place of Rajiv Gandhi Sacrifice. The memorial is one of the tourist places in Chennai.

This constituency has been making rapid progress in the recent years. This once upon a time small panchayat saw improvement after Hyundai, Saint Gobain, Nokia set up factories here.

Sriperumbudur Constituency in the Kancheepuram district of Tamilnadu has been earmarked for the Scheduled Caste Candidates.

There are 1427187 electors and 1384 polling stations in this constituency.

A.Krishnaswamy of the DMK won the elections, defeating his nearest rival Dr. P Venugopal of ADMK by 2,35,346 votes in an election which had 15 contestants.

There are 6 assembly constituencies in this Sriperumbudur Lokk Sabha constituency. They are Gummidipoondi, Ponneri SC, Sriperumbudur SC, Poonamallee, Tiruvallur and Tiruttani.

T. R. Baalu, one of the cabinet ministers of the 14th Lok Sabha. He have been contesting from the south Chennai constituency. After delimitation in the year 2008, he contested from the Sriperumbudur constituency.

Sriperumbudur, after delimitation have become a very big constituency. Previously this constituency was reserved for SC and after delimitation that status was removed. This constituency now includes Tambaram, Pallavaram, Alandur, Ambattur and Maduravoyal apart from Gummidipoondi, Ponneri, Sriperumbudur, Poonamallee, Tiruttani.

There was a tough competiton between T. R. Baalu of DMK and A. K. Moorty of PMK. From DMDK Arun Subramanian contested and Rajappa of Bhujan Samaj Party also contested.

It is T. R. Baalu, who emerged the winner in the election held in 2009

About the constituency

Sriperumpudur Loksabha constituency is located near Chennai. It is a commercial centre as well special economic zone of Chennai. This is the birth place of Mathematician Ramanujam. The Puzhaleri water reservoir which supplies water to entire Chennai is located in this constituency. There are many car manufacturing industries viz Ford, Hundai, Nissan, and companies like Nokia Samsung, Motorola too located in this area. The employees are mainly from other states of India. We can call it as an industrial city. This is the place where Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated through a bomb blast. A memorial for late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has been put up here.

About political situation

This constituency comprises of six state assembly constituencies viz. Mathuravayil, Ambattur, Alandur, Sriperumpudur, Pallavaram, Thambaram. Presently Sriperumpudur, Pallavaram, Tambaram and Ambathur are under ADMK, while Maduravayil is with CPM. Alandur was with DMDK which was won by Mr. Panrutti Ramachandran who shifted his faithfulness to ADMK and resigned his members ship. So, alongwith Loksabha election, an election to assembly also held on the same day. There is no much political activity to quote from this constituency. Election result cannot be predicted due to multi corner fight between the parties. Since 1967, DMK won 7 times, ADMK won twice and Congress won thrice in the Loksabha elections.

Parties and their candidates contesting LS election 2014

Problem areas

The land of this constituency have been acquired by government for foreign companies to set up their trade. The people of this constituency demand that there should be certain percentage of allocation of jobs to the local population. The underground sewage drainage system has not been completed. No plan has been made to reduce the traffic congestion at Madhuravayil. A bus stand in Tambaram and a third railway terminal is still pending for execution. Pallavaram is prone to heavy traffic congestion. No action has been taken to find any remedial solution. People wish to have an underwater passage between St.Thomas mount and Guindy.

Results of Loksabha General Election 2014

The election to this LS constituency was held on 24th April 2014, and the results were announced on 16th May 2014. Following is the details of voters, the votes registered in this constituency, and the breakdown of votes received by the candidates of the parties and the NOTA votes from Sriperumbudur Loksabha constituency.

Details of total voters and votes polled

Total no. of voters – 19.45.960 Votes registered – 12,88,932

Who won the election?

Mr.Ramachandran of ADMK has won the election by defeating his nearest rival Mr.Jagatrakshagan of DMK by 1,12,646 votes.